TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, May 24, 2012
Council Chamber, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
1:00 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 26, 2012

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS

4.1 Correspondence
4.1.1 Correspondence from HRM Medallion Agency dated May 11, 2012

4.2 Petitions

4.3 Presentations
4.3.1 Presentation by "MusGo Rider Cooperative Ltd." – Eastern Shore Community Transit Service (www.musgorider.com)

5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – None

7. REPORTS

7.1 STAFF – None

7.2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
7.2.1 Councillor Watts – Update on Commuter Rail Feasibility Study
7.2.2 Councillor Hum - Truck Route Traffic on Kearney Lake Road

7.2 MATTERS REFERRED FROM REGIONAL COUNCIL – None

7.3 MATTERS REFERRED FROM STANDING COMMITTEES - None

7.4 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.4.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)

7.5 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.5.1 Update from Councillor Blumenthal (verbal)

8. MOTIONS
8.1 Councillor Watts
“To request a staff report on options for increasing funding of transit services, including looking at partnerships and how other municipalities fund transit services.”

9. ADDED ITEMS

10. NOTICES OF MOTION

11. NEXT MEETING - Thursday, June 28, 2012
Note change in location: Dartmouth Council Chamber, 90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth (waterside entrance)

12. ADJOURNMENT

________________________________________

 

INFORMATION ITEMS:

1. Transit Stop Annunciation – Information Report dated April 13, 2012

2. Hammonds Plains Road Improvements – Information Report dated April 20, 2012

3. NSTRIP – Grant Application – Information Report dated May 9, 2012